English Language Arts

Courses

Creative Writing 6 (Year, Semester, Quarter)

This course is designed to provide a framework that encourages all writers to develop skills and explore making meaning through writing. The sixth-grade creative writing course focuses on increasing engagement, independence, and volume of writing.

Creative Writing 7 (Year, Semester, Quarter)

This course is designed to provide a framework that encourages all writers to develop skills and explore making meaning through writing. The seventh-grade creative writing course focuses on providing students the opportunity to generate writing ideas independently.

Creative Writing 8 (Year, Semester, Quarter)

This course is designed to provide a framework that encourages all writers to develop skills and explore making meaning through writing. The eighth-grade creative writing course focuses on building on the previous two years of writing and expanding to experimenting with word choice to maximize the impact of writing.

English Language & Literature – Supplemental Gr 6 (Year, Semester, Quarter)

This year-long course is designed for students reading and/or writing below grade level. The course content supports the units of instruction and Standards of Learning for English 6 in a small class setting. Students work intensely with reading comprehension strategies and the writing domains through the reading and writing workshop model. Students enrolled in this course must be concurrently enrolled in an English 6 course.

English Language & Literature – Supplemental Gr 7 (Year, Semester, Quarter)

This year-long course is designed for students reading and/or writing below grade level. The course content supports the units of instruction and Standards of Learning for English 7 in a small class setting. Students work intensely with reading comprehension strategies and the writing domains through the reading and writing workshop model. Students enrolled in this course must be concurrently enrolled in an English 7 course.

English Language & Literature – Supplemental Gr 8 (Year, Semester, Quarter)

This [year-long/quarterly/semester-long] course is designed for students reading and/or writing below grade level. The course content supports the units of instruction and Standards of Learning for English 8 in a small class setting. Students work intensely with reading comprehension strategies and the writing domains through the reading and writing workshop model. Students enrolled in this course must be concurrently enrolled in an English 8 course.

Language Arts 6 (Year), IBMYP Language Arts 6 (Year)

The sixth-grade course employs the key literacy routines of daily, low-stakes writing, self-selected independent reading, understanding, and analyzing nonfiction through the article of the week protocol, and collaboration throughout the entire year. The student will plan, draft, revise, and edit narratives, descriptions, and explanations, with attention to composition and style as well as sentence formation, usage, and mechanics. Students will also participate in shared reading of texts and media from multiple genres and eras, with opportunities to compare texts written on a similar topic. The student will begin the study of word origins and continue vocabulary development using words culled from the texts they are reading. With a focus on applying reading strategies to monitor comprehension and consideration of text features and organizational patterns, students will independently read fiction and non-fiction texts with opportunities to read at grade level. Students will be aware of the consequences of plagiarism and begin to give credit to all sources used, demonstrating responsible use of the internet.

Language Arts 6 Extended (Year), IBMYP Language Arts 6 Extended (Year)

In addition to the core experiences and outcomes from Language Arts 6, students in Extended ELA will be invited to consider, create, and analyze texts and media with more complexity, depth, and levels of independence. Students will engage in a close reading of diverse, relevant fiction and non-fiction texts and media, which will be selected with consideration of the multiple levels of complexity including Lexile, structure, knowledge demands, and levels of meaning/purpose and in consideration of the maturity level of students. Students may also be invited to explore and create texts and media by considering the progressive complexity and depth of knowledge evident in 7th grade skills and academic language.

Language Arts 7 (Year), IBMYP Language Arts 7 (Year)

The seventh-grade course employs the key literacy routines of daily, low-stakes writing, self-selected independent reading, understanding, and analyzing nonfiction through the article of the week protocol, and collaboration throughout the entire year. The student will plan, draft, revise, and edit compositions with an emphasis on expository and persuasive writing. Students will also participate in shared reading of texts and media from multiple genres, eras, and perspectives with an opportunity to compare texts written on a similar topic. The student will continue the study of word origins and vocabulary development using words culled from the texts they are reading, while beginning to identify connotative meanings of words. With a focus on applying reading strategies to monitor comprehension and consideration of the impact of word choice, imagery, and literary devices, students will independently read fiction and non-fiction texts with opportunities to read at grade level. Students will be aware of the consequences of plagiarism and begin to give credit to all sources used, demonstrating responsible use of the internet.

Language Arts 7 Extended (Year), IBMYP Language Arts 7 Extended (Year)

In addition to the core experiences and outcomes from Language Arts 7, students in Extended ELA will be invited to consider, create, and analyze texts and media with more complexity, depth, and levels of independence. Students will engage in a close reading of diverse, relevant fiction and non-fiction texts and media, which will be selected with consideration of the multiple levels of complexity including Lexile, structure, knowledge demands, and levels of meaning/purpose and in consideration of the maturity level of students. Students may also be invited to explore and create texts and media by considering the progressive complexity and depth of knowledge evident in 8th grade skills and academic language.

Language Arts 8 (Year), IBMYP Language Arts 8 (Year)

The eighth-grade course employs the key literacy routines of daily, low-stakes writing, self-selected independent reading, understanding and analyzing nonfiction through the article of the week protocol, and collaboration throughout the entire year. The student will plan, draft, revise, and edit compositions with an emphasis on expository and persuasive writing. Students will also participate in shared reading of texts and media from multiple genres, eras, and perspectives with an opportunity to analyze texts written on a similar topic. The student will continue the study of word origins and vocabulary development using words culled from the texts they are reading, with attention to connotations and figurative language. With a focus on applying reading strategies to monitor comprehension and analysis, students will independently read fiction and non-fiction texts with opportunities to read at grade level. Students will be aware of the consequences of plagiarism and begin to give credit to all sources used using a standard format (such as MLA or APA), demonstrating responsible use of the internet.

Language Arts 8 Extended (Year), IBMYP Language Arts 8 Extended (Year)

In addition to the core experiences and outcomes from Language Arts 8, students in Extended ELA will be invited to consider, create, and analyze texts and media with more complexity, depth, and levels of independence. Students will engage in a close reading of diverse, relevant fiction and non-fiction texts and media, which will be selected with consideration of the multiple levels of complexity including Lexile, structure, knowledge demands, and levels of meaning/purpose and in consideration of the maturity level of students. Students may also be invited to explore and create texts and media by considering the progressive complexity and depth of knowledge evident in 9th grade skills and academic language.

Reading Strategies Gr 6 (Quarter), Reading Strategies Gr 7 (Quarter)

This course is designed to support students working 3 or more years below grade level. The class will feature a workshop model with the use of an identified intervention for students to gain skillsets that are of deficit based on on-going data collection. The skills and strategies will be developed using on grade level Standards of Learning for their current grade level. Students enrolled in this course must be concurrently enrolled in a Language Arts 6 or Language Arts 7 course.